N10629 Nickel vs. AISI 304 Stainless Steel
N10629 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 304 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N10629 nickel and the bottom bar is AISI 304 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 8.0 to 43 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 | |
| 210 to 440 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 | |
| 400 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 | |
| 580 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 | |
| 230 to 860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 710 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 320 | |
| 86 to 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 | |
| 140 to 1870 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 21 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 20 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 | |
| 12 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 6.0 | |
| 66.5 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 65 to 72.4 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |